Iranian Rial Hits Record Low, Exceeding 2.5 Million per Dollar
💸 TEHRAN — The currency collapsing while diplomats negotiate tells you who's running out of time. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: A new rial record undermines Tehran's sequencing demand — that sanctions relief must precede nuclear concessions. As the currency implodes, domestic pressure to accept worse terms grows. But IRGC hardliners read collapse differently: desperation justifies escalation, not concession. The rial's floor is now Iran's diplomatic clock.